Using one Flash File in multiple nodes

The best way to do this is via a flash node macro. Macros were specifically written to let you re-use flash content on other pages, particularly with "player" type movies in mind. You can pass flash vars via the macro format, so you can have a "master" flash node with a generic player in it, and then call it up on other pages and use flash vars to refer to a video, audio or sub-movie.

Setting to fixed as I think macros will answer this query, but change back and post again if not.

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I have a similar issue. I cannot use the flash node macro because I need to use php to in my flashvars code. The flashnode filter precludes using php.

What I would like to do is to create many flashnodes using the same .swf file. I wish to place each of these flashnodes in a gmap view (adding locative data) to each.

If you want to refer to a flash node via PHP the best way is to call the flashnode_content($args) function. $args is an array where each key is a parameter as you'd use in the flash node filter. As a minimum you would write something like

print flashnode_content(array('nid' => 10));

To pass some flashvars you'd write something like

print flashnode_content(array('nid' => 10, 'flashvars' => 'var1=someValue'));

The comments in flashnode.module describe the available keys.

Thanks, I will give it a whirl. It is a beautiful module.